Exam 2: Biological Beginnings

_____ is a specialized form of cell division that occurs to form eggs and sperm.

During which prenatal developmental period do the mesoderm, ectoderm, and endoderm form?

The (G × E) interaction involves what two specifically measured factors?

Which of the following statements is correct?

Facial deformities, defective limbs, learning problems, and below-average intelligence are all linked to heavy use of which teratogen during pregnancy?

The _____ connects a baby to the placenta.

Melinda and Joseph both have brown eyes, but their child has blue eyes. This shows that

List two characteristics of each of the three stages of birth.

The doctor tells Sharice and Jayden that their unborn baby is having problems because of a drastic change in temperature. The _____ has failed to perform its protective function.

Psychoactive drugs primarily affect the _____ system.

According to Tiffany Field's research, what can increase weight gain, alertness, and activity in preterm infants?

Which of the following is the correct order of an embryo's layering of cells starting from the outermost layer?

Which of the following is NOT a method that the natural or prepared childbirth methods use during labor and delivery?

Which of the following is a genotype-environment interaction that plays a smaller role in development as children grow older?

During which prenatal development period does differentiation of cells take place?

Which of the following genetic disorders occurs most often in African Americans?

In a human body, all cells except the sperm and egg reproduce by a process called

Define low birth weight, preterm, and small for date infants.

Which of the following is a way for a mother infected with HIV to pass the virus to her child?

Allison learned that she had a good singing voice in childhood. She requested vocal lessons, and now she participates in the school choral program. This is an example of which type of genotype-environment correlation?